Results: 128

Oxigenación por membrana extracorpórea o ECMO (ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) para el tratamiento de Síndrome cardio-pulmonar por Hantavirus

INTRODUCCION: Tecnología: Oxigenación por membrana extracorpórea o ECMO (ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) veno arterial. Características de la tecnología: El soporte vital extracorpóreo veno-arterial (ECMO-VA es una alternativa terapéutica para aquellos pacientes que cursan con falla cardiopul...

Depuración extracorpórea de dióxido de carbono con reemplazo renal continuo. Descripción de un caso y revisión de la literatura

RESUMEN En los últimos años, y debido en parte a los avances tecnológicos, ha resurgido el uso de los sistemas de depuración extracorpórea de dióxido de carbono de manera pareja al uso de la oxigenación con membrana extracorpórea. No obstante, faltan estudios para establecer sus indicaciones y el...

A propósito de la contingencia COVID-19. ECMO en el adulto: Oxigenación por membrana extracorpórea. A quién, cómo y cuándo

Rev. méd. Chile; 148 (3), 2020
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) is an extracorporeal life support system in catastrophic lung failure, shock and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in different age groups, with multiple physiologic features. When the candidate to be submitted is too unstable to be transported to a hospital with E...

ECMELLA: Uso combinado de dispositivos de asistencia ventricular izquierda en el manejo del shock cardiogénico postinfarto agudo al miocardio

Rev. méd. Chile; 148 (3), 2020
We report a 55-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism and type 2 diabetes mellitus who consulted at the emergency room because of intermittent oppressive chest discomfort. At admission, electrocardiogram showed a complete atrioventricular block. A transthoracic echocardiogram disclosed severe le...

Management of a bi-caval dual lumen cannula clot obstruction after TEE guided diagnosis: a case report

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 70 (1), 2020
Abstract Background: Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an established therapy for patients with refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). One complication related to the use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is thrombosis despite proper anticoagulation. We ...

Late arterial switch surgery under ecmo support in a patient with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum: a case report

Abstract A 30-month-old male patient with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum (TGA/IVS) is presented. Arterial switch operation (ASO) was performed in the light of echocardiographic and angiographic findings. The patient remained under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation su...

Remdesivir como tratamiento para COVID-19
Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19

Intraoperative support with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for complex thoracic oncologic resection

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (1), 2020

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and lung transplantation: initial experience at a single brazilian center

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVE: To report initial experience from the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients who received lung transplantation. METHODS: Retrospective study of a single tertiary center in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a national reference in lung transplantation, based on the pros...

Management of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a child with adenovirus pneumonia: case report and literature review

ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of a child who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from a pulmonary infection by adenovirus. Case description: A female patient aged 2 years and 6 months, weighting 10,295 grams developed fever, productive cough and vomiting, later on progressin...